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CloudCommerce Ready for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Increased Flood of Online Holiday Shoppers
CloudCommerce Ready for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Increased Flood of Online Holiday Shoppers.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCloudCommerce Ready for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Increased Flood of Online Holiday Shoppers\n\nCloudCommerce Ready for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Increased Flood of Online Holiday Shoppers\n\n\nCompany's Indaba Group Subsidiary Is Providing Its Online Merchant Customers With Enhanced Hosting, Logistics, Mobile, Marketing and Other Critical Online Services\n\nSANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - November 03, 2015) - CloudCommerce, Inc. (OTCQB: CLWD), a global provider of cloud-driven e-commerce and mobile commerce solutions, today announced the holiday preparedness plans of its Indaba Group subsidiary. To meet the increased holiday demand, Indaba Group will provide its online merchant customers with enhanced hosting, logistics, mobile, marketing and other critical online services.Black Friday marks the beginning a major cultural event in the American economy. Beginning as early as Thursday evening on the Thanksgiving holiday and spanning the entire weekend through to what has been known as cyber Monday, shoppers in dramatically increasing numbers are staying home to avoid crowds at traditional brick and mortar marketplaces. The result is significant growth for the digital commerce industry. Last year, American holiday shoppers reportedly spent $61 billion online. According to a report by Statistica, online shopping has increased steadily each year. As mobile technology has evolved, shoppers are also increasingly leaving their computers and shopping more on smartphones. With the rise in popularity of mobile-optimized ecommerce websites and apps, customers are now taking advantage of simple streamlined ordering processes anywhere, on any device. According to Geekwire, online retailer Amazon recently hired 39,000 additional seasonal employees in the last quarter alone, reaching a total of 222,400 employees, in their own preparation for the flood of holiday shoppers.The Indaba Group holiday preparedness guide, originally published on its website early in August 2015, outlines critical preparation steps suggested for merchants, enabling them to take advantage of increased website traffic as visitors come to shop for holiday gifts. The preparedness guide starts with website hosting, as merchants are advised to proactively alert their hosting provider to any and all sales and promotions to ensure they are prepared for traffic s...